Independent America

The English of America , founded colonies to the XVII and XVIII centuries are thirteen.

About 1750, they count 1 200 000 inhabitants : SCOTTISH, WELSH, IRISH ENGLISH and some French ,Dutchman and Germans.

These colonists recognize the authority of the King of ENGLAND.

Colonists against England

The colonists are established along the Atantic coast.

Beyond, for them, it is " Brutality", the ground of the Indians.

The enemy, it is also the French, who colonized the valley of the St. Lawrence ( Quebec - Montreal ).

In London , the King wants to make pay with the colonies the expenses of war against France.

March 5, 1770, in BOSTON ( colony of MASSACHUSSETS ), the English soldiers , called the " RED TUNICS ", make five dead among the colonists.

The American revolution

April 19, 1775, in LEXINGTON, close to Boston, of the colonists and teh " Red Tunics " exchange shots. The war of Independence started. The colonists raise an army of volounteers who resist only with the assistance of the French.

With YORKTOWN ( colony of VIRGINIA ), the English capitulate to General George WASHINGTON, the count of ROCHAMBEAU and the marquis of LAFAYETTE.

England recognizes the independence of its colonies of America and the war ends by the treaty of VERSAILLES in 1783.